Typographical composing-machine.



J. R. ROGERS.

TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 3111.24, 1912.

Patented 0ct.21, 1913.

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J. R. ROGERS.

TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JA1L24, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 24, 1912. Serial No. 673,092.

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To all 'uihom it may comer-n:

Be it known that I, JOHN RAPHAEL Bosses, a citizen of the United States, and "resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and "useful Improvement in Typographical Composing-Machines, of which the following is a spjecificati'on;

My invention relates,toftypographical composing machines, such'a l-inotype machines of the general organization repr'esehted in Letters Patent" of the i United States, No; 436,532,1'to O. "Mergenthaler, wherein circulating" matrices are released from 'a magazine in the order in whichjtheir characters are to appear inprint "and' th'en assembled in line, together vwith 'expanding spacers, the composed. lii'ief 'transferred to the face of a mold, the moldiifilled with molten metal to form-a slug or 'liiitoype against the matrices which produce'f'the type characters gthereon, and the matrices thereafter 'elev1.vated and returned through a distributing "mechanism to the magazine or magazines from which they started.

.Mori ifparticularly, the invention relates to that class oftypographical machines in which are employed type or matrices provided with two or more characters, and a switch or equivalent device by which the position of the type or matrices may be {varied so that each will present one or another of its characters in the line, as deina'nded. Such a combination is disclosed in U. S. Lett'ers Patent,'fNo. 547,633, to P.

' in many particulars corresponds thereto, but with certain changes and variations-,as-will 'be subsequentlyse't forth more specifically.

The principal genericdi'stinctionthat I am enabled to compose the type ormatric'esoutside of the assembler proper at different levels and thent'ransfer them thereto from such levels.

The means for accomplishing the 'above object are illustrated in the accompanying drawings in preferred form by way of eX-- ample and as applied'to 'a linotype machine, but obviously many changes and variations may be made therein and in their mode of application without departure from the scope of the invention; and generallyspeaking, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or e m- .a front view of part of a linotype r'hachifue jleased from the m; g'aZine A by the -mani n tween the fingers M an to the casting i of the ordinary construction as'ffdisclos'ed' bodiment except iil so far as such limitations are specified in the claims. I

Referring to the. drawin'gs: Figureii having my invention 'a'p lied thereto; F 2 is a perspective View 0 an enlargedlsc of a portion of the assmblin'g ,device's'fl' t'ached; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view,- take'n approximately on the line 3-4, in; C Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is'a vertical section throu' 'h the first elevator, mold and qpo't mout showing the'parts in casting positibn; Fi l 5 is a transverse vertical section throng the assembler, taken substantially on the lin'e5-5 in -Fig. 6; Fig. 6 is a l'ong'itudi v nalvertical section through'the assembler, taken substantially on the line6-6 in Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 isaview of a plural-character matr x.

Referring to I ig. 1, the mat'rices are helation of'the keyboard-xii and de re the assembler beltA II pass to the. device G p'articiilar construction of which ubsequently fd'escribed, and thence to he issemble r B,;the customaryspacers ei hg'i cited in theline during compdsitio -The' 'a s'sembler B is I then elevated bythemanipiilation of'the' handle B mounted upon the rock shaft B which also carries thearm B, connected I bythelink B tothe assembler. The elevathe. line he- :Nrwh" y s. shifted through the. interm "diat to the firstelevator G. le l' descends andv the I assembled li tion of the assembler, carries 'or'Cv then osition fin relationjtofthe mold '.,]i) (see-" g. '4"); and the molten metal" j i i t d a t :jpotmouthyD the slug or liri'oty- Afterstlng, p-' eration, .the ele fator C rises n position to deliver the linet'o'fthe upper transfer than;

nel E wherein'the spacers are'fre'ed from the matr ces and transferred to their magmzine Y the matrices being raised'by the second; tion.

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cept as otherwiseindicatemare or ma-y be m,

[elevator (not shown) for..distriltiuin, the patents before referred toor in the: commercial linotype machine.

In the form illustrated: and described, I

I55III I races have shown the employment of pluralchurn r matrices .(see Fig. '3) having g ears X. and the ll-s -aped cut or notch Ill-. in order to bring one or another of the characters into operative position, employ a switch device G, somewhat similar to that disclosed in the Dodge patent p rev i ously mentioned. ticaily of adjustable and is under the control hand lever G connected to the switch link G a spring-pressed detent G lg provided to hold the parts in their uii iferent operative relations, all as in the cent. It sometimes happens, in the such. a switch, and chiefly arising froinits form and immediate propinquity to "the assembler, that the matrices are not properly delivered to the desired supporting l therein, this being due to improper section or rebound. To prevent such con- .v. v gencics, l have formed the switch G with its'guiding' surface G at a considerable distunce from the assembler (see particularly and 6), and with a ledge or support device G proiecting therefrom toward assembler. Due to this construction and ngement, the rebound and improper de- .ion the matrices X ar prevented, and 'u'rlber the actual composllion of the mat issecured (nitside of'and away from tin assembler, the 'm'atrices being subsetransferred thereto from the supdevice (l by the means hereafter "Jed.

switch G comprises two separated ee also Fig. between which the r slide and the star wheel H cated. The star wheel is rotated in the -omary manner and its shaft or stud H isn'aounted in vertical slots H formed in the opposite sections of the switch G, so as "to permit the adjustment of the latter to bring; the supporting member i into operative relation to the desired supporting ledges T5 in the assembler B. The assembler'slidelilis formed with the finger H to ensure the forward end of the line during Y on, it being held in proper engagement therewith by the spring H (see Fig. 1) sons to constitute the customary yielding l'SlSLtll'lb. As the matrices and laro successively delivered between wl'1e *l H and the finger .l-l the is gradually moved forward into the ibler, and simultaneously the forward tron of the line is also transferred thereto, 7

ordinary practice, i prefer to cont'the supporting device only of such dimensions to permit the assemblage thereon bf a word of ordiiniry' length, and liereifore results that when the composition or the line 'is completed, it will have been. transferred to the assembler, with the exception of the last word or equivalent porhis switch is vertion of the line which still standsupon the supporting device G Before the asscmbler can be elevated and the line forwarded, it is necessary that this last portion be also transferred to the assembler, and to this end I have provided further devices fhich will now be described.

Also located between the two sections of the switch G is a transfer device or pusher J, which is similarly constructed in bifurcated form so as to straddle the star wheel H and formed with slots or recesses J to receive the star wheel. shaft H and thus perunit the movement of the pusher relatively thereto. Connected to the pusher d isthe operating lever J provided with the spring J which normally tends to hold the pusher in its rearward or inoperative'position. A second lever J is loosely connected at. one end to the operating lever J and is so'arranged that its opposite end is moved just before the elevation of the assembler B. The link B whereby the assembler B is elevated, is connected thereto by a lost-n1otion device, such as the pin'and-slot connect1on B 1n such manner that when the bandle B is actuated, the link B -is permitted a certain limited movement before it lifts the assembler. It is this preliminary limited movement of the link that acts to operate the pusher J and to trans l the line completely to the assembler be ore its elevation.

The upper end of the link B is provided with a spring-pressed pawl. B which normally engages with the end of the-lever J When the link first rises, the action ofthe pawl B on the lever? effects the turn ing of the lever J and. the forwardmovement of thepusher J to transfer the re maining word or matrices to the assembler.

At this point the'outer end of the lever J has been tilted to a' suflicierit extent to permit the sliding detachment of the springpressed pawl 13 therefrom, andthe continued operation of the handle B and'the consequent movement of the link B- elevates the assembler and carries the line between the transfer fingers M and N, as previously described. As'before set forth, the spring 5 acts to retract the pusher J and to return the levers J and J. When the assembier then descends, the spring-pressed pawl B is forced outwardly to clear-the endof the lever J and snaps thereunder into normal position. Fig. 2 shows the assemblage of the first partof a line and the manner in which the matrices X and introduced-between the spring-controlled finger H and the star Wheel E". Fig. 6 illustrates the operative movement of the pusher J whereby the latter part of the composed line is transferred to the assembler.

As previously stated, I have shown my improvements in preferred form by way of example, but obviously there will be many changes and variations therein and in their mode of application, which will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and still be comprised within their spirit.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a typographical composing machine comprising plural letter type or matrices, the combination of the assembler provided with means to support them ataa plurality of levels, and means for supporting'them outside of the assembler at a corresponding plurality of levels, together with assembling devices to deliver the type or matrices to the outside supporting means at any level.

2. In a typographical composing .machine comprising plural letter type or matrices, the combination of the assembler pnoyided with means to support them at a plurality of levels, means for supporting themcizoutside of the assembler at a corresponding plurality of levels, and assembling devices to deliver the type or matrices to the outside supporting means at any level, together with further means for transferring the outside matter to the assembler.

3. In a typographical composing machine comprising an assembler, the combination of means for supporting the type or matrices at a plurality. of levels both inside and outside of the assembler, and assembling devices to deliver the type or matrices to the outside supporting means at any level, together with further means for transferring the outside matter to the inside supporting means.

4. In a typographical composing machine comprising plural letter type or matrices, the combination of the assemblerprovided with means to support them at a plurality of levels, meansfor composing them at corresponding levels outside of the assembler,

means for gradually transferring the line to the assembler as it increases-in length, and means for finally transfer-ring to the assembler the outside portion.

5. In a typographical composing machine comprising plural letter type or matrices, the combination of the assembler provided with means to support them at a plurality of levels, means for composing them partly inside and partly outside of the assembler at said levels, the outside port-ion being less wheel to transfer the line gradually to the 1 assembler as composition progresses, and means to transfer the remaining outside portion to the assembler.

7 In a typographical composing machine comprising plural letter type or matrices, the combination of the assembler provided with means to support them at a plurality of levels, supporting devices to permit their composition outside of the assembler at a corresponding plurality of levels, and means to transfer a portion thereof gradually to the assembler and the remaining portion at one time thereto.

8. In .=a typographical composing machine comprising plural letter type or matrices, the combination of the assembler provided with means to support them at a plurality of levels, and means for supporting them outside of the assembler, the said outside supporting means being adjustable to permit composition at any selected level, together with assembling devices to deliver the type or matrices to the outside supporting means in any of their adjusted positions.

9. In a typographical composing machine comprising plural letter type or matrices, the combination of the assembler provided with means to support them .at a plurality of levels, and means for supporting them outside of the assembler, the said outside supporting means being adjustable so as to be set in operative relation to any selected one of the supporting means in the assembler, together with assembling devices to deliver the type or matrices to the outside sup porting means when set in any of their operartive relations.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 20th day of January, 1912, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

JOHN RAPHAEL ROGERS.

Witnesses:

DAVID S. KENNEDY, ARTHUR P. PAINE.

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